Review: Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan-Z

Xenotone

2014-06-20 12:50

oh, and.. people will buy it. i saw some girl streamer on twitch a few weeks back, i believe she was playing dota 2? had 2x 290x and an intel extreme edition if i'm not mistaken. for dota 2.. which runs maxed on my 560 non-ti.. she even mentioned the only thing he does with her pc is play dota 2 and do her homework. you will always find people stupid enough to buy such technology even if they don't need it..

What if someone bought a Ferrari and never took it to the track? Would you call that stupid?

#4848851

Ryu5uzaku

2014-06-20 12:51

What if someone bought a Ferrari and never took it to the track? Would you call that stupid?

I totally would 😀 unless it is a cruiser ferrari and that someone never used it for cruising ;o

#4848867

Robbo9999

2014-06-20 13:06

No it is a generic comment listed onthe page with all overclocked graphics cards. I'll revise the text a little to make that more clear. It baffles me a bit that when I write 30 pages of content including FLIR thermal imaging, tweaking, photo shoots, UHD testing, FCAT, generic testing etc etc ... this is apparently the stuff what people complain about.

Cool that you're willing to ammend that generic comment in future to make it clearer. If you're talking about a percentage increase in performance seen for an overclock for that particular card, then I think it needs to be an accurate figure or an accurate range. The "5-10%" or "10%" listed in most reviews is quite often not accurate or even close for the overclock achieved. As I said, I like your reviews, they're informative & I enjoy reading them - any changes you can make to make them even better is no bad thing.

#4848888

Xenotone

2014-06-20 13:18

I totally would 😀 unless it is a cruiser ferrari and that someone never used it for cruising ;o

Heheh. Perhaps it would be a missed opportunity but surely it's not stupid to want something awesome, even if you don't use it to the fullest potential.

#4848911

H83

2014-06-20 13:40

Great card, not for gaming but maybe for professional use. I think we need worksation and professional programs benchmarked to fully evaluate the value of this card as this is obviously an overkill for gaming due to his insane price. Of course i´m not gonna ask Hilbert to deliver this kinda of benchmarks because he only uses games to evaluate the performance of GPUs because that´s what the gurus want to see, like me! As for the price i don´t know why people care about it, this card is intended for professional use or for those who have more money than sense, so the price kinda makes sense... For me they could even ask 6000 or 9000€ that i couldn´t care less. Now bring on the 800 series!

#4848936

Memorian

2014-06-20 14:01

~2800 € and it's slower than 2*780 Ti ~1200 €.That company..

#4848958

cowie

2014-06-20 14:19

Even I don't want one....now I go to volt mod A 88 320 for the 20th time since its has been boring lately with new vga's. For under 50usd its a lot more fun then this pos overpriced card

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Fender178

2014-06-20 14:47

Great card, not for gaming but maybe for professional use. I think we need worksation and professional programs benchmarked to fully evaluate the value of this card as this is obviously an overkill for gaming due to his insane price. Of course i´m not gonna ask Hilbert to deliver this kinda of benchmarks because he only uses games to evaluate the performance of GPUs because that´s what the gurus want to see, like me! As for the price i don´t know why people care about it, this card is intended for professional use or for those who have more money than sense, so the price kinda makes sense... For me they could even ask 6000 or 9000€ that i couldn´t care less. Now bring on the 800 series!

I agree. They should put this card up against the highest end Quadro and Fire Pro that is out and see how it would perform in WS situations in comparison.

#4849058

shymi

2014-06-20 15:31

I agree. They should put this card up against the highest end Quadro and Fire Pro that is out and see how it would perform in WS situations in comparison.

A little off topic, noob question: Is software like AutoCad, Solidworks and so on, being optimized for Quadro and Fire Pro or is it visa versa?

#4849068

Dorlor

2014-06-20 15:36

Like all nvidia Cards, it has a too narrow bus Width, and it Hurts it where youd want use a Card like this... high resolutions. Lets hope that nvidia has learned its lesson (being regularly outperformed by weaker amd Cards at 4k, solely due to their wider bus), Thus goes back to giving their future top Cards 512 bit bus Width.

#4849069

Fender178

2014-06-20 15:36

A little off topic, noob question: Is software like AutoCad, Solidworks and so on, being optimized for Quadro and Fire Pro or is it visa versa?

Don't know.

#4849092

schmidtbag

2014-06-20 15:47

I said it before and I'll say it again - this card is really just a marketing fail. If they called this GPU a Quadro instead of GeForce, the price point would be fair and it's performance would be insanely unparalleled. It has a greater focus on CUDA rather than graphics. There's a reason nvidia didn't want to give people this GPU for testing purposes.

#4849100

---TK---

2014-06-20 15:49

I said it before and I'll say it again - this card is really just a marketing fail. If they called this GPU a Quadro instead of GeForce, the price point would be fair and it's performance would be insanely unparalleled. It has a greater focus on CUDA rather than graphics. There's a reason nvidia didn't want to give people this GPU for testing purposes.

Quadro`s are much more expensive. This card is a double precision monster. As a gaming card, the Z is an overpriced POS and not worth it when 2 780 ti and 2 titan blacks are faster in gaming

#4849122

BLEH!

2014-06-20 16:00

Nice card, but should be 1/3 of that price. This is a win for AMD, hands down. Nice review anyway, boss. Cheers.

#4849140

Fender178

2014-06-20 16:09

I agree that this is card is a marketing fail because there is not a targeted market for this card. Also there are better options out there.

#4849144

---TK---

2014-06-20 16:12

The 295x2 is overpriced too when you can get 290x for much cheaper. Just not as bad as the titan z. All these dual gpu cards need to go away.

#4849225

Loobyluggs

2014-06-20 16:42

I think the nVidia 7xx and ATI/AMD 2xx series are gonna last for another 12-18 months at this rate. I <3 tech, don't get me wrong, but the current games engines and the recent(ish) console releases have kinda let people know what time it is. And then there is Mantle and Metal and DX12...all looking good for the 7xx and 2xx series of cards...1080P still looks strong...not really seeing the $3K or £2k benefits. Ivory Tower release perhaps? Or just a kiddie-esque tantrum at ATI/AMD which never quite (based on Hilberts' review) paid off? Gotta go down in GPU history as a bit of a stand-out moment of weirdness for nVidia. Someone remind me why they decided to cease discussions with Micro$ and Sony regarding doing the tech for their consoles again? Wasn't it something to do with "oh, we couldn't be bothered to negotiate any more on design" nVidia have got serious attitude problems...need a change of leadership methinks, this is dreadful behaviour over the last 4 years.

#4849245

GhostXL

2014-06-20 16:49

Hilbert, that was an amazing way to sum up the Titan Z. An amazing product, but the price makes zero sense at all. That is what I got from your review too before even reading your conclusion. I'm still not impressed with the GTX 880 rumored specs either. I want and hope to see GTX 880 Ti rumors and specs soon.

The 295x2 is overpriced too when you can get 290x for much cheaper. Just not as bad as the titan z. All these dual gpu cards need to go away.

Yep. It's starting to make zero sense if they are honestly that expensive to produce.

#4849279

maize1951

2014-06-20 17:03

WAY to expensive for most people, even with its excellent performance ratings.

#4849291

CPC_RedDawn

2014-06-20 17:08

~2800 € and it's slower than 2*780 Ti ~1200 €.That company..

Once again ITS NOT A GAMING CARD!!!! Nvidia made the stupid decision to market it as a gaming card. This thing should have been called GTX QUADRO or something similar. It should never have been marketed as a gaming card. Not at its ridiculous price, the card is a complete and utter beast at double precision performance, so it is meant as a professional grade GPU. Nvidia just marketed it as a gaming card, probably mainly to help market the card as gamers have big mouths and are pretty fast at typing on forums such as these. It is free marketing, also Nvidia are probably laughing to themselves because they know some idiot will buy this purely for gaming when they could buy multiple cards for cheaper and in some cases get better performance and less issues. AMD 295x2, 2x 290/X, SLI GTX 780/Ti, all these solutions are cheaper, make more sense, and in MOST cases perform better in games!